Railway-frog.



J. H, LANEY.

RAILWAY FROG.

APPLGATION FILED 0OT..27,1908,

. Patented Aug. 31, 1909.

RS am@ UNITED sTATns 'PATENT onirica.

JOHN H, LANEY, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-*HALF TO FRANK A. REXFORD,

I F MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA..

R AILWAY-FROG.

933,040. v Specification 0f Letters Patent. atentod Ang'. 31, 1909. Application am omnes: :7, om. serial No. 459,712.

.'l'o all whom it Imay concern: ino' the center ol' movement ot said rail or Be it known that l, Joux ll. l'ivxnv, a longue, and l) is the spriufg` which has l'or citizen of the United States, residing at itsl oliice by eoiilwration with a lived abut- Minneapolis, in the county of llennepin'alnl ment ll l.o normally and yieldingly hold the State of lytinntsota, have invented certain rail or tongue B in and return it tothe posi- 60 .new and uset'ul Improvements in Railway- ,lion shown in Fig: l.

Frogs, of which the following is a speciti- As shown in Figs. l and 2l. the movable cat1on. rail or tongue It is provided `1n its underside My present invention has to do with railwith a chamber c .Which is of general ellipway frogs ofthe movable-rail type; and .it tical form in outline and provided with 65 seeks the provision of a frog constructed sharp ends (l. ln the said chamber c is arwith a View of assuringl a switch remaining lranged the springr D which is slightly bowed open, and one which is simple and inexpenand bears at itsY ends in the sharp ends d sive in construction and in which the spring ot' the chamber, and at an intermediate pointemployed is housed in and protected by the of its length against the abutment E which 7o movableJ rail and is, therefore. not liable to latter isI preferably in the forni of a pin. be deranged or broken or atfected by the tixed'to and rising; from the bottom ot' the elements. space a in body A, asshown. rThe pint'le C To the attainment of the foregoing' the inot' the rail or tongue B is preferably. though vehtion consists in the movable-rail :frog notnecessarily, fixed with respect to the rail 75 hereinafter described and particularly pointor tongue B and made to bear in a compleed out in the claims appended. v mentary socketin the. body A.

In the accompanying drawings which are lt will be manifest from the foregoing hereby made a part hereof: Figure l is a that the heel of the rail B is disposed and plan View of a movable-rail frog constitutadapted to work against the abutment o, and 80 ing' a practical embodiment of ymy invenconsequentlyshock or strain imposed against tion; the movable-rail or tongue being.;` the point of the rail and toward the heel shown in its normal position. Fig. 2 is a thereotl will Anot be placed on `the pintle C. transverse section, laken in the plane indi- It will also be manifest that the rail or :$0 cated by the line 2-2 ot' Fig. 1. Fig. l is tongue B will be yieldingly held in and re- 85 an inverted plain view of the movable rail turned to the position shown in Fig. l, and or frog, illuslratiir'rthe housingol the spring.;- yet will give laterally to the wheels ofa train therein. Fig. -l is a perspective view otl the passingv in the direction indicated by arrow movable-rail or Yfrog per as the same apin .said ligure so as to enable said train to pears when removed 'from the tixed body of freely and safely traverse the frog, and, sub- .90 the frog. sequently lo the passage of the train, will Similar letters designate correspondinfr certainly return to and remain in the. posiparts in all of the views of lhe drawings. retion'shown. terrineto which: A is the tixed body ot' the 't will further be readi-ly understood from 40 best practical el'nboi'liment of my invention the foregoing that'the tongue B alone is sub- 95 ot' which l am cognizant. 'l`he said body jected to the blows and shocks incidental to is provided in its upper side ato willi a the passage of a train and that. it houses and space 'lor the play ot' the movable-rail or protects against. injury the housed spring D. tongue. hereinafter described, and is also From this latter it follows that the rail B preferably provided. in rear of the said also prevents rain, snow and moisture from 100 space n with a concave, abutment. Y). Olher- `raining access to the spring. and colisewise the body is preferably ol' the ordinary. lpiently there is uo liability o'l the rail or well linown constructionv` though it obvitongue becoming' clogged or otherwise im` oudj" may be of any other constrlu-tion conpaired.

soiiaiit' with the purpose ot my invention l By reference to Fig. l.it will be readily 105 without involving` departure from the scope understood that. when the spring' D reof the vsame as defined in the claims apversed and the abutment ll is arranged al: pended. v (he opposite side of the spring. .,with referli is the mov'ableu'ail or tongue conipri:-ed ence to the. position of the abutment shown in my improvenwuts. C is the pinlle tix in llig. l, the movable rail or longue B may 110 be inade to return to and normally rest against the opposite side of the play space a in body A.

It will "be gathered frein the foregoing thatin addition to the advantages hereinbefore ascribed to iny novel frog, the same is simple and inexpensive in construction, and, as a whole, is Well adapted to withstand the shocks and strains and the general usage to which railwayl frogs are ordinarily subjected.

Having described in v invention, what l claini and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. The combination in a railway frog, of a4 body having' aplay space and an abutment therein, a movable rail disposed in`L said space,y and a spring housed in said movable rail and bearing at an intermediate point of its length against said abutment.

2. The combination in a railway 'freinet a body having a play space and alnitinenttherein, a swinging rail disposed in said space and having a chamber in its underside terminating in sharp ends, and a spring;` arranged in said chamber with its ends in the shar ends thereof and bearing; at an inten mediate point of its length against said abutment.

3. The combination in a railway frog, of a body having' a play space and a fixed ahnt- 'Inent therein, a. rail pivoted in the space and having in its underside a elianiber of general elliptical form terminating 1n sharp ends,

and a bowed spring arranged in the chainber with its ends in the sharpv ends thereof and bearing at an intermediate point ot its length againstthe fixed abutment.

L The con'ibination in a railway frog, oi' a body having' a play space and a pin-like abutment fixed therein and also having' a concave abutment at one end of the spare, a rail pivoted in the space and having a rounded heelopposed to the concave abutment and also having in its underside a chainber of `general elliptical forni terminating in sharp ends, and a bowed spring' arranged in the eliainber with its ends in the sharp ends thereof and bearing; at an intermediate point in its length against the pin-like abutment which received in the chamber.

The combination in a lailway frog, of a body having; an abntinent, a swinging rail connected with the body and having' in its yninlerside a chamber which is of general elliptical torni with sharp ends, and a bowed spring' a rranged in the chainber with its ends in the sharp ends thereof and bearing at an intermediate point of its length and in the chamber against the said ixed abutment.

ln testimony whereof I aiiix iny signature in presence ot witnesses:

JOHN H. LANEY.

W itnesses:

F. A. Itnxifoin), Geo. lC. YoUnG, OLGA H. Olean. 

